Golfer Lexi Thompson's rocky fortnight took another turn for the worse after she accidentally left her passport in her bag, causing 40 other players to miss their practice round at the Women's British Open.

Thompson had recently missed the cut at the Evian Championship in France, and her misfortune carried over to the following tournament in bizarre circumstances.

According to Golf Channel, the 24-year-old's bag was one of 40 being transported to Woburn Golf Club, which lies just outside London, for the start of the Open.

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Ian Wright, a former caddie for Seve Ballesteros, was driving the van when he received the news after beginning his journey.

The golfer needed her passport to fly out of Geneva and Wright was subsequently instructed to wait for Thompson's caddie, who would retrieve the documentation.

'I think I might have screamed,' Wright later said. 'I had to drive through the night to get here.

'That van was packed to the hilt. A mouse couldn't have found room to live in there.'

This resulted in a three-hour delay, during which Wright had to re-load his truck, and the driver ultimately missed his scheduled ferry journey across to England.

Thompson had missed out on the cut at the Evian Championship in France just a week before

Left having to battle through rush hour traffic jams, Wright finally arrived at the course at 5pm, several hours later than he had planned, putting a premature halt to any thoughts of a practice round for countless players.